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Underforest: Select Funció Primària: Identitat de marca by Yi-Jen Tu

Underforest: Select Funció Primària: Identitat de marca by Yi-Jen Tu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Argent in Disseny Gràfic, Il·lustració i Comunicació Visual Competition Category.


ArgentGràfic· 2021

Underforest: Select Funció Primària: Identitat de marca

by Yi-Jen Tu

Client: Chiayi Forest District Office - Forestry Bureau

A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Gràfic Category

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The Design

About Underforest: Select Funció Primària: Identitat de marca

Underforest: Select és una identitat de marca creada per a productes de l'economia del sotabosc a Taiwan. El logotip està format per quatre triangles de color verd bosc que representen el caràcter xinès de bosc i expressen la idea de coexistència amb la massa forestal. El verd bosc simbolitza els recursos naturals, mentre que l'or mat representa el potencial econòmic. L'embalatge utilitza paper símil per aconseguir una textura pròxima a la fusta i s'acaba amb un estampat en calent de làmina d'or mat. La integració de la imatge i uns estàndards d'embalatge compartits redueixen els costos de material i donen suport als silvicultors locals.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Underforest: Select Funció Primària: Identitat de marca és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent, un reconeixement extraordinàriament prestigiós concedit a dissenys d'alta gamma, esplèndids i impressionants. Els guanyadors d'Argent són obres tremendament brillants i summament creatives que il·lustren la perícia, el talent i la perspicàcia excepcionals dels seus dissenyadors. Es preveu que Underforest: Select Funció Primària: Identitat de marca sigui una obra meravellosa i de gran lluïment, remarcablement professional i profundament innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award d'Argent és un invent molt notable i admirat que beneficia i fa avançar els límits de l'art, la ciència, el disseny i la tecnologia. Underforest: Select Funció Primària: Identitat de marca és una creació molt envejada que evoca desitjos, introdueix sentiments positius i desperta sorpresa i admiració.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The project, in hand with the government, built the leading brand of "Underforest: Select" for the under-forest economy. Through image integration and packaging specification, designers reduce material costs without compromising quality, strengthen the brand identity and raise the values for their products.
Dimensions & Packaging
UNDERFOREST:SELECT GIFT BOX: 270mm x 80mm x 185mm
Tags
#Taiwan #ChiayiForestDistrictOfficeForestryBureau #UNDERFOREST:SELECT #BrandIdentity #UnderForestEconomy #CoexistwithForests #SocialImpact #Sustainableconsumptionawareness
Production Technology
The logo consists of four forest-green triangles, representing the Chinese Character "林 (Forest)." The logo conveys the idea of coexistence with the forests. The packaging uses simili paper to create the sense of touching the woods and is decorated with hot foil stamping in matte gold, which represents "the economic potential in the forests."
Design Challenge
The concept of "UNDERFOREST:SELECT" integrates three conditions:

A. Be eco-friendly and coexist with the forests
B. Revitalize the agricultural economy
C. Raise the green awareness among the consumers through the brand identity and visual design and change their consumption habits
Research
The government started promoting the "Under-forest Economy" because of the favorable climate conditions and the diversity of honey plants in the forest. After thinning, the woods were cut into logs with high carbohydrate content and high lignin. The foresters comply with the rule of not using any pesticides or chemicals in the process of planting. They develop natural and safe under-forest products such as "forest honey," "log-based mushrooms," and "Taiwan jewel orchid." Through "UNDERFOREST:SELECT," the foresters began to understand the idea of branding concept and marketing. The cooperation between the government, the foresters, and the brand "UNDERFOREST:SELECT" promotes the idea that productive economic activity and ecology can co-exist.
Inspiration
For decades, Taiwan's government forbade the logging of primeval forests and encouraged afforestation. However, it is difficult for forest owners to maintain their livelihood through forest management. Thus, in 2020, the Forestry Bureau launched the policy of "Under Forest Economy," with the coexistence of forest ecologies, to let foresters cultivate plants and livestock to increase their income. In 2020, we united with the government around the same goal and put out the brand "UNDERFOREST: SELECT," being of assistance to local foresters in South Taiwan.
Project Duration
The project started in Taichung, Taiwan in October 2020 and ended in Chiayi, Taiwan, in January 2021. The "UNDERFOREST:SELECT" brand launch event was held in Chiayi Chukou Nature Center on January 22, 2021.
Operation Flow
Our branding colors are forest-green and matte gold. Forest-green portrays the abundant natural resources in the woods, and the matte gold represents the economic potential of the under-forest economy. We shape the brand identity with layers of woods and the silhouettes of the under-forest economy's products as an epitome of the sustainable cycle of life between forest ecologies and economy.
Team Members
Creative Director: YI-JEN, TU
Project Manager: HSIANG-YI, HO
Design Guidance: MENG-HAN, LIU
Designer: YI-CHIN, CHUNG
Designer: CHIAO-WEI, YANG
Designer: YU-CHAN, LIN
Designer: HSUAN-YING, CHIANG
Designer: CHANG-YU-CHEN
Designer: CHING- YU, YEN
Space Designer: TZU-HAO, KUO

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